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here were hundreds and hundreds of burgundy and gold No. 5 jerseys at


FedEx Field on Saturday night. There were asmany if notmore No. 5 jerseys in whatever the Ravens call their dreadful color scheme. And yet there was another set of folks wearing No. 5 jerseys for a teamthat wasn’t even playing in that stadiumon that night. Yes, theMcNabulists were


out in force, Eagles fans who retain such a fierce loyalty to DonovanMcNabb that they’re willing to root for an NFC East rival so long as it’s not against Philadelphia. “I’ll root for himexcept for


the two games they play against Quick Fix Excerpts from washingtonpost.com/sports


SOCCERINSIDER Decisionsoonon Bradley’s future


BobBradleywillmeetwiththe


U.S. SoccerFederation“sometime thisweek” todiscusshis future as national teamcoach, aUSSF spokesmansaidMonday. Bradley’s contractdoesnot


expireuntilDec. 31, but both Bradley andUSSFPresident Sunil Gulatihave suggestedthat a decisionwhether to renewthe partnershipwouldbemade soon. Bradley’s representativeswere in contactwithEnglishclubFulham this summer andhave beenin touchwithAstonVilla,whichis searching for a replacement after MartinO’Neill’s abruptdeparture twoweeks ago.


—StevenGoff CAPITALSINSIDER


Single-gametickets goonsaleSept. 10 TheCapitals announcedthat


single-game ticketswill go onsale Sept. 10at 10a.m. online at WashingtonCaps.com, atKettler Capitals Iceplex andlocal Ticketmaster outlets.TheCaps haveplayedinfront of 60 consecutive sold-out crowds at VerizonCenter. Standing room only tickets—suchas those availableduring the 2010playoffs —will be available after all of the seats are sold. Meanwhile,defenseman


WillieMitchell skatedwiththe Canucks at theUniversity of BritishColumbia onMonday. Mitchell visitedtheCaps last Tuesday andit’spossiblehe will make adecisionthisweek. —KatieCarrerra


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Gag order applied in Clemens’s perjury case Afederal judgeMonday issued


a gag order in the criminal perju- ry case against pitching legend Roger Clemens, warning him, his lawyers, the government and wit- nesses that they would confront “the full authority of the Court” if they make prejudicial comments about the matter in public. U.S. District Judge Reggie B.


Walton of the District of Colum- bia cited extensive media cover- age since a federal grand jury handed up an indictment Thurs- day of Clemens on six counts of obstructing Congress, making false statements and perjury re- garding his use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs. “While it is hardly surprising


[yet unfortunate] in the current litigation environment for the parties and their attorneys, as well as other interested individu- als and their attorneys, to issue public comments to the media that, whether intentional or not, may affect the ability of the Court to empanel an impartial jury . . . the undersigned member of the Court will not tolerate such be- havior from anyone over which the undersigned can exercise au-


thority,”Walton said. “Further action in violation of


this admonition will be confront- ed with the full authority of the court.” A date for Clemens’s arraign-


ment is expected to be set in coming days.


—Spencer S. Hsu Less than two weeks after for-


mer major leaguer Jose Valentin, Jr., helped coach a team of 15- and 16-year-olds from Puerto Rico to the Pony Baseball Colt World Se- ries title in Indiana, his father, Jose Sr., coached a team of 11 to 13-year-olds at the Little League World Series. But the elder Valen- tin didn’t have as much luck after Manati, Puerto Rico lost toNuevo Laredo,Mexico, 4-2. In other games, Kaoshiung,


Taiwan routed Vancouver, B.C., 23-0; and Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany beat Plymouth, Minn., 2-1.


TRACKANDFIELD Olivia Ekponé took third (in


23.75 seconds) in the 200-meter dash at the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore.


COLLEGEFOOTBALL Former Ohio State running


back Maurice Clarett is back into the classroom. Now he wants to get back onto the football field. Clarett asked a judge to travel


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Olivia Ekponé, third from left, rounds the bend in the 200-meter final at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore. TheNorthwestHigh senior finished third behind Florence Nwakwe, third from right.


Nigeria’s Florence Nwakwe


was the winner in Sunday’s race, clocking 23.46. Tynia Gaither of Bahamas won silver in 23.68. Ekponé, a rising senior at


Northwest High School and a two-time All-Met athlete of the year, won the second of three heats last Thursday and took the


third fastest time into Sunday’s final. “I had a blast,” Ekponé said


from Singapore via text message. “It was a great experience.” —Carl Little


TENNIS Seeking to complete the career


Grand Slam, Rafael Nadal will be the top-seededmanwhentheU.S. Openstarts next week, whileRog- er Federer will come to Flushing Meadows seeded second. Also missing will be defending


men’s champion Juan Martin del Potro, because of a wrist injury. Seeded third for the men is


to a tryout with theOmahaNight- hawks of the United Football League. A review of the motion will take placeWednesday. On Monday, Clarett finished


up4½months in a facility transi- tioning out of prison. . . . A newly released NCAA report


shows that just 14 of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools made money from cam- pus athletics in the 2009 fiscal year, down from 25 the year be- fore.


—From news services and staff reports


Novak Djokovic, followed by Andy Murray at No. 4. At No. 9, Andy Roddick is the highest seed- ed American man . . . Caroline Wozniacki 20 and


No. 2 in the world, won the rain-delayed Rogers Cup, beating Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonar- eva,6-3,6-2.Shewill likelyget the U.S. Open’s top seed because Ser- ena Williams, the world’s top- ranked player, has withdrawn while recovering from surgery on her right foot.


JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST Kwame Brown, right, played inWashington from 2001 to ’05 afterMichael Jordan drafted him.He then played for three more teams. Brown, Bobcats agree to deal


Former No. 1 pick rejoins Charlotte owner Jordan, who drafted him in D.C. in 2001


BY MIKE CRANSTON


charlotte — The draft decision helped define bothmen in harsh terms:Michael Jordan was a failed executive, Kwame Brown a bust as a player. Now, nine years after Jordan took


Brown with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, they’re reuniting in hopes of shedding both labels. The Jordan-owned Charlotte Bobcats


onMonday came to terms with Brown on a one-year deal for the veteranminimum of $1.3million. AgentMark Bartelstein said Brown will sign on Tuesday. “A really interesting story,” Bartelstein


said. “Instead of running away fromthe shadow ofMichael Jordan, [Brown] kind of embraced it.” While the Bobcats need help in the


middle after trading Tyson Chandler to Dallas lastmonth, Brown would seemingly be the last center Jordan would turn to as he begins his first full season asmajority owner. Jordan was running theWashington


Wizards in 2001 when he took the 6- foot-11 Brown straight out of high school with the first pick. The Georgia teenager wasn’t ready for the NBA, and Jordan was labeled as another superstar player unfit to run a team. Jordan was fired fromtheWizards in


2003, shortly after a comeback as a player. The Hall of Famer returned to the NBA three years later as part-owner of the Bobcats with the final say on basketball decisions. Jordan bought the teamoutright in the spring.


The 28-year-old Brown has bounced


around the league with little success. He averaged 3.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in 48 games with Detroit last season. He’s averaged 6.7 points and 5.4


rebounds with four teams over nine seasons, including two-plus seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers. Jordan couldn’t be reached on


Monday, and Bobcats GeneralManager Rod Higgins didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment. Bartelstein said his client was


intrigued about playing for Charlotte Coach Larry Brown because he has a “great history of teaching and developing players.” Larry Brown, who led the Bobcats to


their first playoff berth last season, has always been intrigued with long, athletic shot-blockers who can playmultiple positions.


— Associated Press


D.C. SPORTS BOG Dan Steinberg


the Eagles,” said Victor Harmon, one of at least 10 people I saw wearing EaglesMcNabb gear inside The Fed. “I’ma Philly fan, and I’maMcNabb guy.Most Philly guys didn’t likeMcNabb, but I just think he’s a classy guy and a good quarterback.” Wandering through the


FedEx concourses, you often see


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randomjerseys with no connection to the game at hand, jerseys for the Cowboys or Falcons, the Steelers or Browns. This was different. These jerseys were sending amessage. “I’ma Philadelphia fan, but


I’ma biggerMcNabb fan,” said Kelly Lawrence, 49, of Hampton. “To be honest with you, if it’s not Philadelphia, I’d rather seeMcNabb get a ring, even withWashington.” “That works forme,” said


Doug Newbill, a Redskins fan who brought Lawrence to the game. “As long as it’s not with the


Cowboys, I’mokay,” Lawrence clarified. “That’s why I brought him,”


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Rooting for an Eagle who has left the nest


Newbill said, almost giddy at the idea of an Eagles fan rooting for the Redskins. It’s sort of a strange thing,


yes? I can’t think of a current Washington athlete who would carry his fan base with himif he joined a rival team.Maybe Alex Ovechkin, I guess, but I don’t know ofmany Ovie fans who would root for, say, the Flyers to win a Stanley Cup nomatter what ex-Caps were on their roster.Wizards fans were given a similar test with Antawn Jamison this year, and I don’t think any of themwere hoping for a Cavaliers championship. D.C. United supporters saluted ex-players Fred and Andrew Jacobson on Sunday, but I can’t


imagine themcheering on the Philadelphia Union. But theMcNabb loyalists


went through a lot with their guy, and they aren’t done yet. “I’man Eagles fan, and I’m


bitterly conflicted,” said Lisa Struckmeyer, who was attending her first NFL game. “The Redskins aremymortal enemy since childhood, so I’msitting here in conflict.” “It feels like Donovan


McNabb is a part of our family almost, so we follow him wherever he goes,” said her 11- year old son,Matthew. Hismomwas wearing a


McNabb throwback—“she was around when they were wearing those jerseys; she’s not as young


as she looks,”Matthew toldme —to try to disguise its Eagleness, but she said no one had given her any problems. Others said the same. “If I was wearing a Redskins


jersey at [Lincoln Financial Field], I’d probably already have been in two fights and be soaked in beer,” said Sam Whitfield of the District, who was wearingMcNabb’s Eagles jersey. So why was he at a Redskins-


Ravens game wearing white and green? “He’s not the whole team,”


Whitfield said. “I root for McNabb to do well, and for the Redskins to fail.” steinbergd@washpost.com


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